Perrine Valli was born in Aix en Provence in 1980. She studied ballet and contemporary dance at the Conservatory of Aix en Provence. She continued her education at the Hallet Eghayan School, at the same time studying Arts at the University of Lyon. A year later, she was accepted at the National Conservatory of Lyon and in 2001, she entered the CDC (Choreographic Development Center) of Toulouse. After that, she obtained a scholarship to join the London Contemporary Dance School, where she graduated in 2002. After her graduation, she went to America for three months, doing workshops on improvisation with Julyen Hamilton, Nancy Stark Smith, Kirstie Simson, Daniel Lepkoff, Olivier Besson and Andrew de L.Hardwood. (quelle: http://www.perrinevalli.fr/html_en/biographie.htm)